Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /tri-'byük/

Sentence: Words may never hurt him, but with all his tribuking, words couldn't really help him either.

Etymology: From tribute + rebuke

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COMMENTS:

nice! - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:57:00

Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 00:34:00

Oh, I like that one! Very catchy, rolls off the tongue JUST right.:) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00

Thanks to you too, PA. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 10:56:00

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: kew-dus-nt

Sentence: Charlotte had a rebuttal ready for any compliment. The speed and ease with which she would reel off (seemingly endless) lists of her defects, revealed her many years of practice as a kudoesnt.

Etymology: kudos + doesn't

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COMMENTS:

Or kudont - artr, 2011-01-14: 06:52:00

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Created by: KatieCarnes

Pronunciation: non comp la men turie

Sentence: The noncomplementery woman went to the bar as a wingman.

Etymology: non- no

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: stomp - le - ment

Sentence: Douglas turned every compliment into a stompliment as he could not accept them. Instead he ignored or stomped all over anything positive that people said about him.

Etymology: stomp, compliment

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: prop-drop

Sentence: after he complimented her on her hair, she decided to propdrop... so as not to appear too vain too soon

Etymology: drop, props

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: app er flat ick

Sentence: Stan hated when Mary's responses were all aperflattic, to the point he never gave her any more compliments.

Etymology: from apathy and from flattery to be apparently apathetic about flattery

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Created by: Madamemojo

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Etymology: exo-ego-phobe

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Created by: alphabetapolothology

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Etymology: compliment & mace

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Created by: Joachimgraf

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: com-pli-phO-bic

Sentence: David insisted Jill looked like a beauty queen in her long silky dress . Jill being compliphobic, just turned red, and told him to stop lying.

Etymology: compliment/phobic

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